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标题：Pathological gambling and the loss of willpower: a neurocognitive perspective
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作者：Damien Brevers ; Xavier Noël
期刊名称：Socioaffective Neuroscience & Psychology
印刷版ISSN：2000-9011
出版年度：2013
卷号：3
期号：0
DOI：10.3402/snp.v3i0.21592
语种：English
出版社：Co-Action Publishing
摘要：The purpose of this review is to gain more insight on the neurocognitive processes involved in the maintenance of pathological gambling. Firstly, we describe structural factors of gambling games that could promote the repetition of gambling experiences to such an extent that some individuals may become unable to control their gambling habits. Secondly, we review findings of neurocognitive studies on pathological gambling. As a whole, poor ability to resist gambling is a product of an imbalance between any one or a combination of three key neural systems: (1) an hyperactive ‘impulsive’ system, which is fast, automatic, and unconscious and promotes automatic and habitual actions; (2) a hypoactive ‘reflective’ system, which is slow and deliberative, forecasting the future consequences of a behavior, inhibitory control, and self-awareness; and (3) the interoceptive system, translating bottom-up somatic signals into a subjective state of craving, which in turn potentiates the activity of the impulsive system, and/or weakens or hijacks the goal-driven cognitive resources needed for the normal operation of the reflective system. Based on this theoretical background, we focus on certain clinical interventions that could reduce the risks of both gambling addiction and relapse.Keywords: pathological gambling; willpower; decision making; impulsive system; reflective system; craving(Published: 26 September 2013)Citation: Socioaffective Neuroscience & Psychology 2013, 3: 21592 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/snp.v3i0.21592
关键词：Psychiatry; cognitive neuroscience; neuroimaging; neuroscience;Pathological gambling; willpower; decision-making; impulsive system; reflective system; craving